All Plays Sample Essay Titles
Recap: the following tasks have already been set in Specification 9695 papers 31-33 for all three texts
- In what ways and with what dramatic effects does Fugard present characters who face moral choices in these plays?
- Discuss Fugard’s dramatic presentation of ‘white guilt’ in ‘The Train Driver’ and ‘Have you seen us?’
- Discuss Fugard’s dramatic presentation of prejudice in these plays.
- Discuss Fugard’s dramatic presentation of South Africa in these plays.
- In what ways and with what dramatic effects, does Fugard present feelings of guilt in these plays?
- Discuss Fugard’s dramatic presentation of good listeners in these plays.
Essay Questions specifically for Have You Seen Us?
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Question 1
Right at the beginning Henry tells us:-
We carefully line up all our dominoes …. Until a fateful little finger comes along and lightly touches the first one’.
How successful is the metaphor of the domino effect as an emblem of the play?
Indicative Content
- At the end of the play the dominoes have, we assume, all fallen down one after another in a series of inevitable actions and reactions which are dramatized in the play. Henry comes to face the sordid realities of his life and learns to love Solly and miss Adela: he has regained the capacity for humanity and human interaction.
- He refers at the outset to ‘that fateful little finger comes along and touches the first one.’ And then he goes on to reflect on what that might have been: his failed marriage, the birth of his child, his dismissal from his job.
- But then things become confusing: the one thing that is not mentioned here is his rampant alcoholism which he has tried, unsuccessfully,…
